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Trump's nominee to head the Department of Agriculture, former talk radio host Sam Clovis, also has no scientific background. However, on Thursday he withdrew, after being caught up in Robert Mueller's investigation of the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.

Ford railed against those politicians who allow "political or economic self-interest to denigrate or belittle sound scientific understanding of the causes and effects of human pressure on the environment."

He insisted that nothing matters more than preserving the Earth for future generations, because if we can't do that, nothing else will exist.

The White House didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on Ford's remarks. Ford's representatives also didn't respond to a request for comment.

Perhaps surprisingly, the White House approved the release of the report, despite the fact that the findings contradict many of the declarations and actions of the Trump administration over the past year.

Releasing the report doesn't, however, mean the White House will leap into action to address the report's concerns.

White House spokesman Raj Shah offered these words in a statement reported by The New York Times: "As the Climate Science Special Report states, the magnitude of future climate change depends significantly on 'remaining uncertainty in the sensitivity of Earth's climate'" to the greenhouse gas emissions we pump out every day.

I fear that Ford, should he read those words, might scowl just a little.